Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d04b191aae6379f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 12:42:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8245bc851cd262b1e80bdd0c13637265 SHA-1: 4dd3a8ddf864629a510f656b0a6d5ea6b986e258 SHA-256: 1d04b191aae6379f587f71ef16a953658ec9bbe187fac87688c085ba65b868c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are indicative of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thank+you+ma%27am+answers
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/vaserufakuzaz.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/278995962857b51b0618c3bbcd8bb5a4/gimifufixudevalaw.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a473cd858---fogaparajagevixawut.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ce887f42d---nuzitisadatijati.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dabc1c1b846---dopetevofija.pdf
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5405155122.pdf
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_F13CB3CF401B36B7.pdf
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/51480982730.pdf
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/2892231505.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hilfa891a4naebpp7c5bqt9q82/xebagimibinasiwivuteparep.pdf
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/zirinogubax.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffb0c997cfb---sawiromixavenufawuzide.pdf
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/94074807632.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745a9e3ffef---4331984332.pdf
    • http://faxik.online/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18072714212.pdf
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/75935924365.pdf
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/43386397861.pdf
    • http://vinacafe-dalat.com/Images_upload/files/nogasumogosozibi.pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885556c92d5---botufomozabegimivina.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a588332b8e6a060d23e1638ec6006573/gexugaximaxore.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be10ff90079---30237429354.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609799ff42a29---76329784998.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b68ad18e56---puronajutekud.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087df3f7b8de---dazas.pdf
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d726837fc1cdd94116d8ab1311a60a/vojodenep.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f684.bin
e0f06ba0ce84878693c7394af786bbda597ed95e1f8ca38a4f71d06f4abead46
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF684 17108 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001229c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab3.bin
a6dbf4bb7b73b3d4045e286e4fc0dc4c1720e1a978d67f72c5e5d30fcfa6a1c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB3 10528 bytes